Support Haiti trip by visiting Burgerville on Nov. 17

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Come to the Newberg Burgerville on Thursday, Nov. 17, between 5 and 8 p.m., as 10 percent of your purchase will help support the March 2017 George Fox Haiti trip!

Questions? Contact Sydney Soetenga at soetenga18@gmail.com.

Philosophical anarchist speaks on campus Thursday

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Aeon Skoble, a professor of philosophy at Bridgewater State University who describes himself as a philosophical anarchist, will give a lecture based on his book Deleting the State this Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. in Hoover 105. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Contact Mark David Hall (mhall@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

This week’s home athletic events

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Bruin fans, this is your last chance to watch our fall sports play at home before the season ends. Don’t miss your opportunity to cheer for our seniors in their last games wearing Old Gold and Navy Blue.

Friday, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. – Volleyball vs. Puget Sound, Wheeler Sports Center
Saturday, Nov. 5, 11 a.m. – Women’s soccer vs. Pacific Lutheran, Austin Sports Complex
Saturday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m. – Football vs. Pacific, Stoffer Family Stadium

For more information, contact the sports information office at ext. 2926 or visit the George Fox sports website at gfubruins.com.

Cultivating spiritual disciplines is focus of colloquium in November

Monday, October 31st, 2016

A colloquium, “Playing with Fire: Spiritual Formation from the Inside Out,” will focus on cultivating spiritual disciplines and be facilitated by Doreen Dodgen-Magee. It will meet for four Tuesdays in November, on Nov. 8, 15, 22 and 29, at 4 p.m. in Hoover 102.

Doreen has 23 years of experience working in private counseling practice with individuals and groups. She describes herself as a reluctant “geek,” spending inordinate amounts of time interacting with scholarly research, tech trends, and pop culture around the topic of technology and how the digital domain is shaping us. She is passionate about engaging people around this topic, and that passionate energy pours forth regardless of who she is with.

Students attending receive chapel credit valued one more than the number of times they attend (i.e., going all four times would be worth five chapel elective credits).

Questions? Contact Jamie Barrett at jbarrett14@georgefox.edu.

Sign up to carry international flag at special chapel service Nov. 15

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Sign up to carry a flag representing a cultural heritage of personal meaning to you at the Tuesday, Nov. 15, chapel service, in honor of International Education Week. Click this link to sign up by Monday, Nov. 7.

A brief dress rehearsal will be held in advance of the Nov. 15 chapel in Bauman Auditorium (chapel begins at 10:50 a.m.). All carrying flags will be required to attend.

Questions? Contact Hongyang Yin (hyin13@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Four staff and administrator positions currently open

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Four staff and administrator positions are currently open. Listed in order of recency they are:

  • Part-Time Administrative Assistant, Oregon Writing Project Collaborative
  • Part-Time Library Assistant
  • Registered Nurse
  • Nurse Practitioner/Physician’s Assistant

The link to each of these position announcements can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu. If you know of someone you believe might provide a good fit for any of these jobs, please refer the person to the website for information about the job and instructions about applying.

Accelerated HR Payroll Deadlines

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

November

  • Staff and administrator time cards and time-off reports are due Friday, Nov. 4.
  • All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

December

  • Staff and administrator time cards and time-off reports are due Friday, Dec. 2.
  • All other payroll items such as temporary employee time cards, check requests, adjunct contracts and W-4 and direct deposit changes are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16.

Updating Your Personal Information and Consent for W-2

Make sure your mailing address is correct for year-end reporting. You can check it, and update if necessary in MyGFU > Self-Service > Campus Personal Info.

You can also elect to have your W-2 available via MyGFU rather than mailed. To sign up or check to see if you already have, go to MyGFU > Self-Service > Payroll and Compensation > W-2/W-2c Consent.

Questions? Contact Kera Hallman at khallman@georgefox.edu.

Art panel offers expertise tonight at Art Talk

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Do you have questions about getting internships as an art student? Are you curious about what opportunities are out there? Come to Art Talk tonight (Monday) to dialogue with a panel featuring representatives from the IDEA Center along with some current art students in internships to hear some of your questions get answered.

We’ll meet at 6 p.m. in the ballroom at the Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St. Come early for a costume contest and refreshments in the spirit of Halloween!

Contact Annie Lunt (alunt13@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Come to security office for your lost items this week

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

The lost and found is once again filled to the brim and will be emptied on Friday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes at that time, so please stop by the security office if you are missing items. If the item was lost before the first of October, it has already been donated and is no longer in the lost and found.

Questions? Call security at 503-554-2090, or stop by the security office during business hours. If we’ve already contacted you about a found item, please come and retrieve it before Friday!

All invited to School of Nursing’s Health Fair on Nov. 11

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

The School of Nursing is excited to announce our upcoming Health Fair! We will be in the EHS (Ron Gregory) Atrium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11.

Come see what our nursing students have been learning in their Health Promotion class. Participate in their interactive displays and earn tickets for our great raffle prizes!

Everyone who comes will receive a gift from our generous sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, The Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness Grant, and the Hazelnut Marketing Board.

Come and learn how to “Be Happy and Be Healthy.” Questions? Contact Caroline Wildhaber (cwildhaber@georgefox.edu).

Make plans to attend reception, organ concert on Nov. 13

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

As part of the university’s 125th anniversary celebration, Robin and Ruth Baker invite you to a celebration reception at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13. An Organ Hymn Festival Concert in Bauman Auditorium follows at 6 p.m. featuring Dan Miller, an internationally renowned organist and product manager at Rodgers Instruments Corporation.

The reception will include heavy hors d’oeuvres and be held in Room 101 of Canyon Commons. Come learn more about George Fox history and its future. Please R.S.V.P. to Missy Terry at terrym@georgefox.edu.

If you plan to attend the organ concert, it is a benefit concert, and tickets are required. Tickets are $5 for general admission, with all proceeds going to the Auxiliary Endowed Scholarship for George Fox students. You may purchase tickets at georgefox.edu/concerts or at the door.

Fall Justice Conference begins today

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

George Fox’s Center for Peace and Justice invites you to the Fall Justice Conference today (Monday) and tomorrow. Our theme this year is “Peace: Personal and Global.” Please join us as we hear from author and chief church engagement officer of Sojourners, Lisa Sharon Harper.

Lisa will share from her book, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. Shalom is what God declared. It is what the kingdom of God looks like. It is when all people have enough, and families are healed. Come hear about what we can do to bring shalom to our nations, our communities and our souls!

A university- and community-wide event will be held tonight in EHS 102 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Treats provided! Lisa will also speak in chapel tomorrow from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Her book will be available for purchase at both events.

Contact Rebecca Hernandez (rhernandez@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

‘Religious Pluralism in Indonesia’ discussed in LACI tonight

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Join us for the next Liberal Arts and Critical Issues presentation of the semester tonight (Monday), when “Religious Pluralism in Indonesia” will be discussed in Hoover 105. The same presentation will be made from 5 to 6 p.m. and from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Dwight Burton, a political science instructor at George Fox, and Monik Kadarmanto, a LACI instructor, will explore the history and context of religious pluralism in Indonesia and emphasize the value personal relationship and experience bring to building bridges across culture and religion.

The theme for this semester’s LACI series is “Islam and the West.” For more information, contact Laurie Fair at lfair@georgefox.edu.

Clocks on campus are a few minutes off

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

The interconnected clocks on campus are having an issue, running four or five minutes late. This is due to a faulty time base which will be replaced later this week when parts come in.

Thank you and sorry for this inconvenience.

No power for Duke, Stoffer and football field later today

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

PGE will be turning off the power to the Duke Athletic Center, Stoffer Family Stadium and the football field today (Monday) starting at 5:30 p.m. in order to do repairs. Sorry for this inconvenience.

– Plant Services

Free Health and Wellness Screening Clinic for faculty and staff

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

The School of Physical Therapy will be offering its inaugural Health and Wellness Screening Clinic on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 7 p.m. in the Roberts Center, Room 202. This screening clinic utilizes innovative technology to assess one’s current state of health. Screenings are free and take about 30 minutes to complete. Click here to sign up for a screening.

Direct questions to Jason Brumitt (jbrumitt@georgefox.edu).

Halloween treats available from Bon Appetit

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Scare away your cravings with ghoulish goodies available in the Bruin Den, Bruin Bites and Bridge Cafe starting today for Halloween (Oct. 31)! Then join us for a grisly feast in the Canyon Commons at dinner!

Join in fun of trick-or-treating tonight at Housing Area West

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Housing Area West (HAW) will be hosting trick-or-treating tonight (Monday) from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Several houses and apartments in the area will be passing out candy. Trick or treat locations will be marked outside the door with a green glow-in-the-dark alien face balloon.

Questions? Contact LaQuae Aughtman at laughtman13@georgefox.edu.

Have a “Happy HAWaween!”

Now is time to sign up for World’s Got Talent

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Do you want to share a part of your cultural or ethnic heritage with the George Fox community? Then sign up for this year’s annual World’s Got Talent show!

We’re looking for students, employees and alumni who want to showcase their talents. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, so please sign up by the end of this week. Click here to sign up for a time slot!

If you have any questions or want more information, contact Mikaela Smith (smithm16@georgefox.edu).

Honors program hosts lecture featuring author James K.A. Smith Nov. 3

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

The William Penn Honors Program would like to invite you to come hear award-winning author, professor and public speaker James K.A. Smith on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Wood-Mar Auditorium.

Smith will be speaking from his latest book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. The lecture will be immediately followed by a reception and book signing. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

If you have any further questions, please contact Jocelyn Stein at jstein@georgefox.edu.